Ghana's Illegal Galamsey Gold Mining Affecting Cocoa
2018.3.6 Ghana, one of the world's biggest producers of cocoa beans, is facing a crisis around dangerous and dirty galamsey, or informal, mining—which experts warn
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COMBATING ILLEGAL MINING (GALAMSEY) - ArcGIS
2023.11.6 Galamsey is a term used in Ghana to refer to illegal, small scale gold mining activities. It typically involves the extraction of gold from riverbeds and surface
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Addressing the Galamsey Menace: Opportunity and
2017.8.29 The uncontrolled activities of illegal mining (galamsey) are adversely affecting water bodies, vegetation, wild animals, human health and safety. Various
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Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale
2018.2.1 Introduction. Mantey et al., [1] defines “galamsey” as the practice of illicitly mining and/or extracting gold found either at or below soil and water surface in Ghana.
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The Rise of the Fourth Estate: The Media, Environmental Policy, and the ...
2020.8.7 Amid increasing climate change and environmental degradation, illegal mining (galamsey) has received widespread public concern in Ghana, with greater
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Gold, Guns, and China: Ghana's fight to end
2017.5.30 By the end of the three weeks, over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal gold mining – known locally as “galamsey” – had reportedly been voluntarily removed from mining sites. This ultimatum
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The footprints of galamsey in Ghana: The Western
2014.10.1 It is the undisputed mining hub of West Africa, and is dominated by two main gold mining sectors: the large scale mining sector (LSM) and small-scale or artisanal small-scale mining (SSM/ASM).
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Making visible the galamsey scandals in Ghana: Digital
2023.12.1 This is a new form of “galamsey” – a term invented and used in Ghanaian parlance to denote illegal artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) – because it is mechanised
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Galamsey menace: Causes, effects and solutions
2017.5.17 There is no qualm that galamsey activities have caused a great harm to our environment, this is because most of the minerals are found in rivers, as a result, the illegal mining companies often ...
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Galamsey: Fourteen (14) Regions devastated by illegal mining
2022.4.29 The Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) problems in Ghana are very challenging, especially as they become intensified and difficult to solve day-by-day. Currently, ASM activities have seriously affected the lands and waterbodies in fourteen (14) out of the sixteen (16) regions in Ghana. Surprisingly, the actual causes of the menace
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Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale
2018.3.1 1. Introduction. Mantey et al., defines “galamsey” as the practice of illicitly mining and/or extracting gold found either at or below soil and water surface in Ghana. It is an illegal or unregulated form of artisanal small scale gold mining (ASM) and could either be in a stand-alone mining mode, a stand-alone processing or gold extraction mode or in a
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Gold, Guns, and China: Ghana's fight to end
2017.5.30 The threat seemed to work. By the end of the three weeks, over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal gold mining – known locally as “galamsey” – had reportedly been voluntarily removed from mining
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Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey
2017.5.30 The threat seemed to work. By the end of the three weeks, over 500 excavators used in informal artisanal gold mining – known locally as “galamsey” – had reportedly been voluntarily removed from mining sites. This ultimatum was part of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise to eradicate the problem of galamsey “once and for all”.
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2023.11.6 Galamsey is a term used in Ghana to refer to illegal, small scale gold mining activities. It typically involves the extraction of gold from riverbeds and surface deposits through the use of rudimentary equipment and methods, often with negative environmental and social consequences.
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Galamsey in Ghana: A policy impasse? - Miningreview
2021.3.10 One of the most significant policy challenges in Ghana today revolves around the question of how to address illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey. The topic is politically sensitive in Ghana where the practice accounts for an estimated 60% of the country’s total mining labour force and supports millions of livelihoods.
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To Cover the Many Sins of Galamsey Mining - Academia
If the many sins of (galamsey) mining are to be “covered” by the forgiveness of sin, such sins would first need to be “uncovered” by confession (see James 5:16 in relation to 5:20). 8 9 example on migrant labour in South Africa, see the contribution by Maloka (1997). See Rasmussen (2013:100).
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Shootings and burning excavators: Some rapid
2017.12.1 This paper reflects critically on recent actions taken by the Government of Ghana to eliminate unlicensed artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’ – in the country.At a time when donors and other governments in sub-Saharan Africa are working diligently to identify ways to formalize ASM and to integrate
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Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the galamsey
2012.9.1 K. Afriyie J. Ganle J. Adomako. Environmental Science, Political Science. 2016. Abstract Galamsey, a low-tech, labour-intensive, small-scale mining activity in Ghana, has recently come under intense criticism and state policing despite being an important livelihood source. Based.
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Ecological Study of Galamsey Activities in Ghana and their ...
2024.3.1 Galamsey, a popular name for small-scale mining in Ghana, is an important livelihood for many rural Ghanaians. Although concerns have been raised in the popular media about the adverse effects of ...
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Unearthing the Menace of Galamsey: Ghana's Battle Against
2023.10.18 Ghana's struggle against Galamsey is a reflection of the global challenge posed by illegal mining. The stakes are high, and the time to act is now. Through a combination of legislative reforms ...
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Galamsey: The menace destroying Ghana Pulse Ghana
October 27, 2023 10:44 AM. Illegal mining, commonly known as "Galamsey," has been a significant issue in Ghana over the last decade. It has caused the country environmental degradation, social ...
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(PDF) Operational dynamics of "Galamsey" within eleven
Surface mining galamsey At present, this is the most economical way of mining lower-grade ores by galamseyers in the selected MDAs. The traditional surface galamsey mining was done rudimentarily and manually using shovels pick axes, earth chisels, and other simple equipment. In the recent times, however, heavy equipment such as earthmovers ...
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Galamsey: Healing our land, restoring our future - Graphic
2023.3.13 Galamsey: Healing our land, restoring our future. He was one of the bitterest enemies of the state. Ghana’s Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by the Minerals and Mining ...
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2021.6.14 Unregulated artisanal mining is locally known as galamsey, derived from the Ghanaian words “gather” and “sell.” 2007 - 2017JPEG “Artisanal mining has a quicker turnaround time on the landscape, with operations excavating a shallower area and then moving on to another section of the river. Some of the artisanal mines stretch for great ...
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Gold Over Forest: A Surge in Illegal Mining in Ghana
2021.12.20 Since 2007, illegal mining operations locally known as “galamsey” have ravaged Ghana’s forests and bodies of water. A report by the World Resource Institute shows that Ghana is losing its forests at a 60 percent rate, faster than any country in the world. Today, illegal mining is one of the largest causes of forest destruction in Ghana.
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Cocoa production, farmlands, and the galamsey
2023.7.1 1. Introduction. Over the past decades, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities – a low-tech, labour-intensive form of extraction and processing of mineral ores such as gold - have become an important source of employment for many inhabitants in most mining communities across the globe (Arthur-Holmes and Abrefa Busia, 2022;
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UNDERSTANDING GALAMSEY (ILLEGAL MINING) IN GHANA
2016.10.7 Artisanal Small-scale mining (ASM), popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the mineral-rich country of Ghana, is a fast-growing phenomenon that is present in several other countries with underground mineral resources. Coined from the English phrase, “gather and sell”, galamsey has become a subject of great concern for governmental agencies, the
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(PDF) “Now we’ve all turned to eating processed foods”: A
Galamsey, a popular name for small-scale mining in Ghana, is an important livelihood for many rural Ghanaians. Although concerns have been raised in the popular media about the adverse effects of ...
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Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana
2019.6.14 Galamsey —a corrupted enunciation of ‘gather them and sell’—is a popular term used locally in Ghana to refer to illegal artisanal and small-scale mining activities. It is an informal, low-tech and labour-intensive mineral extraction and processing activity widely practised in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Hilson et al. 2017 ).
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Public Administration, Governance, and Illegal Small-Scale Mining
2023.1.1 Illegal mining in Ghana is an archetypical complex problem as it is cross-scalar, involving public, private, nonprofit sector actors interacting at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of government. The relevant public agencies regulating the sector are the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Minerals Commission, and the
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2021.5.17 According to the 2008 Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) report, illegal mining activities (galamsey) have been increasing with an estimated number between 300,000 and 500,000 artisan miners
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Galamsey Fight in Ghana: An Analysis of Failure of
2023.4.6 study found that the failure of government interventions since 1989 is as a. result of a lack of proper planning of programmes aimed at dealing with illegal. gold mining and poor collaboration ...
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Economics, policy, politics of fight against galamsey
2022.10.15 The state’s policy approach. In tracing the state’s policy approach in the fight against galamsey, it appears that regularisation has been central (Small Scale Gold Mining Law, PNDCL 218 ...
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Galamsey: Ghana's illegal mining menace threatens
Mary Appiah Opinion Aug - 04 - 2023 , 20:02. Galamsey, an illegal form of small-scale mining, has emerged as a pressing environmental and social issue in Ghana. Advertisement. The illicit mining ...
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Galamsey in Ghana: A Conforming Case to Interpol's Study on Illegal Mining
2024.2.12 Abstract: Ghana's burgeoning galamsey crisis represents a striking embodiment of the modus operandi outlined by Interpol's study on illegal mining via ILLEGAL MINING AND ASSOCIATED CRIMES-INTERPOL.Despite not being explicitly mentioned in the study, Ghana fits squarely within the framework outlined, demonstrating
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The Illegal Artisanal and Small-scale mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace
2020.10.1 The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Approach the Answer? The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector accounts for approximately 31 percent of the total gold production in Ghana and plays a significant role in the economic development of the country. However, the
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Mercury contamination of soil and water media from
2020.6.1 Galamsey, a popular term for illegal artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), is widespread in Ghana. It is operationally diverse in its mining and beneficiation processes, has varying scale, footprints and complexity (Owusu-Nimo et al., 2018; Mantey et al., 2016; Hinton et al., 2003; Veiga, 1997). Thus, galamsey can be small, medium or
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Stakeholders engage on ‘galamsey’ fight through landscape
2022.5.6 The government has begun a stakeholder engagement to find a long-term and sustainable solution to illegal mining also known as ‘galamsey’ through the Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project. The project seeks to enhance the capacities of agencies mandated to regulate mining activities in the country to find
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Galamsey In Ghana - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
2020.3.2 Galamsey local parlance used to describe small scale illegal mining in Ghana has been a national headache for Ghana since the 1970s and the reasons are not farfetched . ... It is by virtue of these staggering facts that in Ghana galamsey and mining in general have been likened to the proverbial Akan 'Santrofi Anoma' a bird which carries
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